Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-03
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.
A Coon KNOX STALLION. - Visr TO
soNE OsToKD County SrABLrs -
HAnnLIroSIASs vs. MoRoASs - A
RrrLy To TuE CoNsuSIcArIoS or
jason RussELL. Erc.

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The stallion. Franklin Knor. adVef.
,ised In this paper i' one Of the be., bred
Knox stations TO be found 10 Msins.
hi. sire. Dr.. Franklin. being one Of the
best sons Of Gen. Knol. and his dam
being = granddaughter Of this f.mol. pro.
genitor Of trotter.. The dam Of DR.
franklin was by Winthrop Morrill,. sire
Of nine IN the $50 li.,. DR.. Fnnklin
!. considered by many TO be ,hs be',
Knox stallion ths, has stood in Maine
for several years. and the large pro2or-
tioa Of speedy colts shown by him would
seem like evidence that such i. IN.
deed the fact. Osiag TO the suoas
infusion Of Winthrop Mornll blood
flowing through hi. win'. hi' cults
ate mOrs highly finished aud mofr - ll.h
than some branches Of the Knox family.
Ridley. Knox was very speedy. and bic
dam W. fast mare Of remaksbls poser
and nerve force. 10, by old E',on
franklin Knox IL mixed gated -l,h al
inclination To pace. which !. ,housh, by
many to be very suggestive Of speed and
the power TO get speed. Those Who
breed 10 him need h.v. no feau of get
ting a pacing colt. for pacing ,,allion'.
bred from ,ro,,ins families. seldom pro-
daee paeer Andy Ps'ehen. soa of ION
Paiehen. formerly o~ned by Mr.. Robia-
.on. was a p.esr, bu, his colts were
nearly all fair gated tro,,er.
Breeder. should not sxpee, TO End sb-
sOlu,e perfection ia any ons stallion. ba,
vhsn selecting one 10 breed %, should
choose one whose defects. II any, are Of
such = nature q, 10 bs the bss, counter
acted by the particular mare intended 70
be bred from. For ins,snee.--lf the
mare to b. bred !. q .hort.lessed, con-
p.cily built. .hor,.ssi,ed animal. the
s,sllion 20 be used should be tall and
ransy built With long stride or II the
mare !. very loosely made. the stallion
should be Of po~erfal build and OF gres,
.ub.iares. A s,allioa nigh, be thick
josled snd coarse headed. without gfea,
.Jle,-bg, II we'll bred snd fast. aud
we'll bull, every other way, and the mare
TO be used !. very stylish and clean Cut.
il nigh, be well to breed 10 him. even II
he don, jas, sui, TO look a.. Intending
breeders should Away. select . stallion
~i,h reference To their mares. and never
breed 10 one simply because he IL Owned
by particular friend nor because there
/, something sbou, him ,hs, they p.r,e.
al.rly fancy.
We lately stepped into the stable OF
Mr.. J &. Marble. Of Paris Hill. aud
were shown the ,ro,,ins stock contained
therein.
The f.mou. brood mare. Fanny Patch.
en-. present. very mA,ronly appearance
md 1. 10 fine condition for brood mare.
Her coming foal by the f.., aud fashion.
ably bred young stallion. Messenger
Wilkes. will doub,le. add still further
TO the reputation already gained by this
mare as producer Of ,ro,,er.
Her foar-ysar-old daughter. Zephyr
NJ. by Norway Knox. which bears
close resemblance 10 her dam, !. also
With foal by Rel.ir. .on Of Gen. Knox.
Me,sllak. the fA., ,hree.year.old stall
lion. /. being driven on the road by Mr..
John Pierce. who /. associated With Mf.
Marble in breeding colts. and Who ia
form. u, iha, Me,allak will not be al
loved 10 serve mares the pre.en, season.
bat will be trained aud driven ioi rec.
ord. Good judges express the opinion
tha, be will uo, in ?:i5 OF better before
snow flies again. barring accidents
Me,.lluk !, by Eclair aud oai OF Fanny
Ps,ehen. Eelair i. the sire Of Nina
(pseef) with . record in 2;?2i. and
other fast ones. Mr.. Marble thinks tha,
Fanny. last foAl. the yesrling iilly. ID.
nah, by Norway Knox, is I. promising
a. any Of her offspring.
Mr.. J. d. Williams. Of South Pars,
has flly, foalsd las, July. 20, by Nor
way Knox. from a nice mare broagh,
from Boston aud 20, by Long Island
Eclipse. that is Of fne size, uphesdsd
and With . strong set Of limbs. lie in-
tend. keeping ii for brood mare.
Mr.. Williams. while in Andoyer the
pas, winter. saw a very fine young stall
hon. two years old ,hi. spring, owned by
George Thomas. got by Albuno, son OF
Almont, and out Of Knox mare. lie
vas . ehe.,na, in color. was large and
finely formed aud acted Ike tro,,er.
The grey colt. - owned by +.
NJ. Thayer aud Walter Fansr. OF South
Paris. i, by Albino. and !, developing
into grand looking colt i, takes
io,,sr to bea, him already. lie will be
entered in the stakes for ,wo.yeAf-old'.
offered by the Osford County Breeders
Association. TO be trot,ed IN Angus,
next. n will also Ned v, owned by
Wheeler x True. and much interest i'
already being manifested by the friends Of
each, a. TO which will be the winner.
Ned ", last year. could doubtless bea,
any ltatluk VA hnc oAsNes eud ho ,cN"''
to be coming" fast at the present time.
DR.. J. W. Davis. the genial South
Paris dentist, who. for . kind.hesrted
man, causes . great deal Of suffering
among bis fellow citizens, Is the owner
Of = noble looking grey mare, go, by
smugsler Chief. son OF Smuggler, 2;lSt.
th., stands Isl hand, high; weighs
1000 lbs. and is . fast and stylish sni.
nal Tor gen,lemsn's driver or ladies
driver either. She is five years old
sound and smooth. and il for sale.
We saw n Mr.. Henry s~etts st'ble
at South Paris. . few days since.
three. .yesr.old colt 20, by Norway Knox
and from . Blsekhawk mare. tha, stood
l5t hands high. VAS we'll built, uphsad.
ed. aud was said to be good gated.
TIE town Of Backhsld has long en-
joyed . wide reputation for It's fne horses
and wide.swske horsemen. /. well "
for iu fair daughters and enierprising
Young men. One Of Baekfsld's mos,
popular citizens. who has sharp eye for
good colt, IL the Hon. Charles II.